It is with books as with the fires of our grates, everybody borrows a light from his neighbor to kindle his own, which in turn is communicated to others, and each partakes of all.
All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.
Fear could never make virtue.
Let us help one another to bear our burdens.
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.